Holiday Fitness Tip: Do Not Diet on Thanksgiving. Be Thankful, Active and Enjoy!

by tracybenham on November 22, 2011

Yes, I said it. Skip the guilt, calorie/fat/carb/points counting and enjoy the Holiday!

—> Eat – Have Fun – Be Thankful—> It is a HoliDAY! Then back to heathy eating/moving/living.

(of course you could workout early in the day… ;)
On Friday, restart you healthy lifestyle plan.
If you are traveling a long distance, here a rule to follow after all stressful and long traveling days…
My 24 hr rule for all traveling.  Works for all travel, not just around the  Holidays.  Business travelers this means you too!

Get outside and go for a walk or exercise that day, or within 24 hours, if you arrive late in the evening.  Everytime.

Make a point to drink extra water. Add flavored packets if you don’t like plain water.

Exercise before Your Thanksgiving Meal

How about a Thanksgiving day AM workout - before the Holiday fun... :)

After Your trip:

After returning home, unpack, do laundry, wipe down suitcase, repack and refill essentials. Put your packing list on top with items repacked/refilled crossed out. Put a post-it or sticky note on your luggage as a reminder for things that you want to remove or add to your packing list.

Do this within 24 hours of being home.  Every time. Ends up only taking a few minutes…. less stress, more time to get outside :)

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AHN: After Sitting All Day – Do these Stretches – Right out of the Shower

by tracybenham on August 25, 2011

AHN: Yoga Kick: If you have a sedentary job do these easy stretches to help get rid of rounded shoulders neck & back pain and poor posture. These stretches are also great after a long day of traveling.

Sitting all day  can case rounded shoulders, weak abs, and back pain.  Join AHN/SHE Yoga Expert, Stacy McCarthy as she shares a few easy stretches and techniques that you can do anywhere, to combat poor posture and a stressful lifestyle.

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Summertime and Blueberries

July 18, 2011

Besides being a great summer song, summertime blues can make you smile. I love summer days filled with many of my favorite Blues:  Clear blue skys,  the ultramarine blue of the ocean and the indigo blue of yummy blueberries. Blueberries are often considered one of the ‘Superfoods’. Blueberries are a great source of vitamins, minerals, [...]

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There Isn’t a Perfect Time to Start Something New Once You are in 3rd grade

July 8, 2011

Summer is in full swing. Shorts, swimsuits and flip flops should be out front in your closet and are the first things you look forward to putting on after a long day at work and on the weekends. But Tracy,”I was super busy all winter and spring just few by. I never got a chance [...]

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July Fourth – Holiday – Health, Fit and Fun Tips

July 1, 2011

Here are some “kick butt” tips for keeping fit, active and regret free on the Fourth of July from our Director/Exercise and Sport Physiologist Tracy Benham. • Sports and summertime go together. Plan an activity early in the day. Play baseball, touch football; go to the local pool or beach. • Get outside early and see [...]

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Best in Travel Today via @TravelFit Explained

December 28, 2010

TravelFit has a new daily paper out via *SmallRivers*. Our Best in Travel Today ‘ daily ‘paper’ will be combination of our favorite list of Active Travel Journalists, Bloggers, Photographers, Adventures and  Travelers -links, stories and best comments.  No feeds or spammers. We know how hard to follow and stay updated with all of best [...]

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Sneakers: Your Secret Weapon While Away

December 23, 2010

Traveling is one of the most common excuses I hear for lack of exercise. This excuse, of course, always makes me wonder if the excuse maker had traveled to a vacation in the clouds or to a communist country which strictly punishes physical activity by death. If not, why else would the mere concept of [...]

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If you knew that the Water was Unsafe,would you Go There on next Trip?

October 15, 2010

Travel and Water Next time you are planning your next vacation or holiday, ask yourself if you would go there if you were not sure the water was safe to drink. Does that even cross your mind? Safe, clean drinking water is something that many of us don’t think about unless we are traveling to [...]

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Name Your Last Triumph, Adventure, or Mighty Thing

June 23, 2010

“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.” * -Teddy Roosevelt Is something stopping you from adding/experiencing/achieving  *adventure* in your [...]

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Best Way to Free Up Time to Travel More this Summer

June 18, 2010

Make this summer an active one for you and your family. Here is an easy way to free up some time: Choose one day every week to turn off every TV, video game, cell phone and computer.  Gather your family and/or friends and do something — anything — together. Yes, an entire day (or at [...]

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